Saturday, June 29, 2013
BN Red Carpet Fab: D’banj’s “D’Kings Men Live in Concert” Show in Lagos
Yay it’s time for another edition of BN Red Carpet Fab!
Miss SA entries open on July 8
SOUTH Africa’s ‘sexiest woman in the world’ is
joining the Miss SA team, while the current Miss SA is to hold her crown
till March.
These are two of the dramatic innovations to
the pageant announced on Wednesday. Melinda Bam, named ‘sexiest woman in
the world’ for 2013 by lad mag FHM South Africa and a former Miss SA
herself, becomes national executive of the pageant’s company, while
current Miss SA Marilyn Ramos will hold on to her title for another
three months, relinquishing it only in March next year.
The moves, by pageant licence holders Sun
International, are designed to reinvigorate the beauty competition and
make it relevant for today’s youth.
“It made huge sense to move the pageant from
December to March. It allows the title-holder to compete internationally
at the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants, which are typically held
during the last two months in the year of their reign,” explained Sun
International’s Sue Klerck.
Bam believes there’s still place for beauty contests, not just in South Africa, but across the world.
What is her response to people who believe that beauty contests are past their sell-by date?
“I think (people) underestimate the role and impact of Miss South Africa due to an uninformed opinion or a lack of interest.
“Beauty is perceived as something that is
superficial, unattainable and unrealistic, and sends a dangerous message
influencing young women’s self-image.
“Miss South Africa is a brand that embraces
what it means to be feminine, but also places equal emphasis and
exemplifies the deeper value of beauty with a purpose that empowers
other women to have an enlightened self-image.”
Entries for Miss South Africa 2014 open on July
8, 2013 and close on August 31. Entry forms will be available online
from July 8 at www .misssa.co.za and www.face book.com/Ms South Africa.
Bam’s advice to those young women who are
planning to enter the pageant: “Enter when you believe you can bring
more to the title than just wearing the crown and competing in the
pageant. Miss South Africa is not a means to an end; it is the starting
point of a journey to enhance the qualities you should already have.” –
Staff Reporter
Selly’s mother says her daughter didn’t have sex in the BBA
In the midst of a strong criticism in the media on an alleged sexual
intercourse between Ghana’s Selly and sexual animal Nando from Tanzania
in the ongoing Big Brother-The Chase, Selly’s mother has finally reacted
in defense of her daughter.
Madam Benedicta Galley who spoke in an exclusive interview on Peace FM’s “Entertainment Review” seems to have seen things quite differently from what most people are already insinuating. Contrary to what is perceived as a shameful act for Selly to have sex on inter-continental television, her mother still insists that Selorm Galley who is her only child did not have sex.
“In the Big Brother house things are not that open especially about the romantic scenes for everybody to see that people are having sexy openly because everything is done under the blanket. We always see male and females together so for me I don’t think they had sex as it is being speculated all over”, madam Galley stressed adding that Ghanaian must not concentrate on the negatives but should rather focus on the positives and support Selly to bring the money home.
She also made reference to Selly’s boyfriend Praye Tiatia’s refusal to comment on the incident saying she is very happy he didn’t comment and that he is going to wait for Selly herself to come back home and explain what really happened.
On her opinion the whole Big Brother Africa show, madam Benedicta who said she was not really a fun of BBA until her daughter entered, said if you decide to enter it is very difficult to back out along the way so you have to follow the dictates of the game and do whatever you are asked to do because everyone’s target is the ultimate prize so if you back out then it means you have been defeated.
Though she thinks that Big Brother have explained to all the housemates how far the game can go so that whoever is not comfortable will not even enter in the first place, she believes that as far as you start the game you should go all out to achieve the reason why you went there.
Asked what she told her daughter before she went to South Africa, the proud mother said “I really advised her because she is not a bad girl. A lot of people knew her before she won the beauty pageant and the few movies she has acted in and she knows herself the kind of home she is from. So it is really surprising that people are thinking that she had sex in front of all the cameras and in front of the whole of Africa when she knows that she has a boyfriend back home whom she is to going get married to very soon”.
“Everything they do there is under the blanket. Sometimes see you two people under the blanket whether they are kissing or whatever they are doing nobody can tell. It is not so plane for people to judge that truly this what went on”.
Asked specifically if she think Nando had sex with Selly or not, she said “I don’t believe Selly had sex. Even Big Brother himself could not go under the blanket to see what really happened because I have seen several other male and female housemates who also were under the blanket doing the same thing so you cannot determine that simply because a male and a female are under the blanket it means they are having sex”, Madam Benedicta Galley emphasized.
Madam Benedicta Galley who spoke in an exclusive interview on Peace FM’s “Entertainment Review” seems to have seen things quite differently from what most people are already insinuating. Contrary to what is perceived as a shameful act for Selly to have sex on inter-continental television, her mother still insists that Selorm Galley who is her only child did not have sex.
“In the Big Brother house things are not that open especially about the romantic scenes for everybody to see that people are having sexy openly because everything is done under the blanket. We always see male and females together so for me I don’t think they had sex as it is being speculated all over”, madam Galley stressed adding that Ghanaian must not concentrate on the negatives but should rather focus on the positives and support Selly to bring the money home.
She also made reference to Selly’s boyfriend Praye Tiatia’s refusal to comment on the incident saying she is very happy he didn’t comment and that he is going to wait for Selly herself to come back home and explain what really happened.
On her opinion the whole Big Brother Africa show, madam Benedicta who said she was not really a fun of BBA until her daughter entered, said if you decide to enter it is very difficult to back out along the way so you have to follow the dictates of the game and do whatever you are asked to do because everyone’s target is the ultimate prize so if you back out then it means you have been defeated.
Though she thinks that Big Brother have explained to all the housemates how far the game can go so that whoever is not comfortable will not even enter in the first place, she believes that as far as you start the game you should go all out to achieve the reason why you went there.
Asked what she told her daughter before she went to South Africa, the proud mother said “I really advised her because she is not a bad girl. A lot of people knew her before she won the beauty pageant and the few movies she has acted in and she knows herself the kind of home she is from. So it is really surprising that people are thinking that she had sex in front of all the cameras and in front of the whole of Africa when she knows that she has a boyfriend back home whom she is to going get married to very soon”.
“Everything they do there is under the blanket. Sometimes see you two people under the blanket whether they are kissing or whatever they are doing nobody can tell. It is not so plane for people to judge that truly this what went on”.
Asked specifically if she think Nando had sex with Selly or not, she said “I don’t believe Selly had sex. Even Big Brother himself could not go under the blanket to see what really happened because I have seen several other male and female housemates who also were under the blanket doing the same thing so you cannot determine that simply because a male and a female are under the blanket it means they are having sex”, Madam Benedicta Galley emphasized.
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
Miles Davis once famously said that Afrobeat will be the music of the future. If that’s the case, then Femi Kuti may well be its standard-bearer. Kuti is the son of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician who created and gave the name “Afrobeat” to what in the 1970s was a newly identified musical genre. Afrobeat is a blend of Yoruba music, jazz, guitar- and horn-heavy “highlife” music from Ghana, funk and chanted vocals, fused with percussion and vocal stylings. Politics and social criticism play an important role in Afrobeat, and were prevalent in both the music of Fela Kuti and now his son.
Three-time Grammy Award nominee Femi Kuti was born in London, but grew up in Lagos, Nigeria’s capital. The reed player, now 50, eventually became a member of his father’s band before forming his own band, Positive Force, in the 1980s, which he took to the international scene in 1988.
Over the years, he has recorded with U.S. hip-hop and R&B artists Mos Def, Common, Macy Gray, The Soultronics, Roy Hargrove and others. He also lent his voice to the videogame Grand Theft Auto IV as the host radio station IF 99. Femi Kuti’s June 28 Summerfest performance will be one of only three U.S. dates he and his band will play this year, so don’t miss it. (Michael Muckian)
courtesy: http://expressmilwaukee.com
STEPHANIE OKEREKE: FOR ME, MARRIAGE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL
AFTER ABOUT ONE YEAR OF A CAREER LULL OCCASIONED BY HER WEDDING
STAGED SOMETIME IN APRIL, 2012, AWARD WINNING THESPIAN, STEPHANIE
OKEREKE-LINUS IS BACK WITH A BANG. HER NEW FILM TITLED DRY, IS A WAR
AGAINST THE MENACE OF CHILD MORTALITY, PREMATURE MARRIAGE AND THE
travails of down-trodden WOMEN. THESE AND MORE SHE SHARES WITH LANRE
ODUKOYA
ONE YEAR IN MARITAL BLISS…
Marriage has been wonderful. It’s fun and I feel a little different sometimes but I try not to be burdened by my new status as a married person. We’re still a young couple trying to live our lives and have fun, work hard and stay committed to each other and never take each other for granted.
ABOUT THE LULL IN MY CAREER…
Sometimes you say you want to take a back seat for a while because you just got married; you want to settle in to absorb the whole married life as you try to reorganize your life. It’s a different stage in your life and you want to re-strategize properly. But I’ve done a few movies for other people.
Sometimes you say you want to take a back seat for a while because you just got married; you want to settle in to absorb the whole married life as you try to reorganize your life. It’s a different stage in your life and you want to re-strategize properly. But I’ve done a few movies for other people.
MY NEW MOVIE…
What I’m focusing most of my attention on now is my new project. The movie is titled, Dry. I’ve finished the first phase of the film and I’m going to start the second phase soon and I’m working hard to see if I can finish it this year. The movie is shot in different places, Nigeria and abroad. Even in Nigeria, we had to shoot in different cities, Lokoja, Cross River, Abuja, Sokoto and Lagos. The phase one of shooting in Nigeria is done and I’m prepping for the second phase right now.
AN EXPOSE WOMEN’S SILENT AGONIES…
Dry as a movie is going to bring up a lot of the maternal issues that we have in this country and the fact that a lot of less privileged women are dying during childbirth. It also dwells on early marriage and the backlash. It is also going to bring to focus the need for young girls to be allowed to live their lives so that they can fulfill their destiny. And I’m going to be using the project to create awareness about VVF. It’s something I’ve been working on since I was in the university and it has been like a burden to me. It is something that I need to deliver so that I can feel light. And what is the best way to tell the story of the people who cannot express themselves or whose voices cannot be heard? This is why I’m using film as the platform that I have to bring to light the challenges women face and see the different ways we can individually and collectively play our roles to make our society a better place.
What I’m focusing most of my attention on now is my new project. The movie is titled, Dry. I’ve finished the first phase of the film and I’m going to start the second phase soon and I’m working hard to see if I can finish it this year. The movie is shot in different places, Nigeria and abroad. Even in Nigeria, we had to shoot in different cities, Lokoja, Cross River, Abuja, Sokoto and Lagos. The phase one of shooting in Nigeria is done and I’m prepping for the second phase right now.
AN EXPOSE WOMEN’S SILENT AGONIES…
Dry as a movie is going to bring up a lot of the maternal issues that we have in this country and the fact that a lot of less privileged women are dying during childbirth. It also dwells on early marriage and the backlash. It is also going to bring to focus the need for young girls to be allowed to live their lives so that they can fulfill their destiny. And I’m going to be using the project to create awareness about VVF. It’s something I’ve been working on since I was in the university and it has been like a burden to me. It is something that I need to deliver so that I can feel light. And what is the best way to tell the story of the people who cannot express themselves or whose voices cannot be heard? This is why I’m using film as the platform that I have to bring to light the challenges women face and see the different ways we can individually and collectively play our roles to make our society a better place.
LEGION OF STARS IN THE MOVIE…
I’m spotlighting new faces. My little girl who played the role of Halimat is new but she’s wonderful. This is her first time in acting and she played such an intensive role. It’s so difficult to find child actors and this is one of the things we need to focus attention on more these days. We must train young people to know how to act and express themselves. I was so happy when they found this girl for me. Liz Benson now Liz Amai is in the film. She has been away for almost ten years. People have been trying to get her to do films but she has been saying. But after reading the script, she made up her mind to play her role. And her acceptance was wonderful because I’d always looked up to her. She’s such a fabulous actress. Olu Jacob, Hakeem Rahman, Rakiah from the north and some other actors from the north featured in the movie as well.
I’m spotlighting new faces. My little girl who played the role of Halimat is new but she’s wonderful. This is her first time in acting and she played such an intensive role. It’s so difficult to find child actors and this is one of the things we need to focus attention on more these days. We must train young people to know how to act and express themselves. I was so happy when they found this girl for me. Liz Benson now Liz Amai is in the film. She has been away for almost ten years. People have been trying to get her to do films but she has been saying. But after reading the script, she made up her mind to play her role. And her acceptance was wonderful because I’d always looked up to her. She’s such a fabulous actress. Olu Jacob, Hakeem Rahman, Rakiah from the north and some other actors from the north featured in the movie as well.
ABOUT MY NEW BLONDE LOOK…
I’m now on my natural hair because I just felt I should try a new thing. When you’re young, you’re up and doing but later on sometimes you just want to relax. Sometimes, carrying braids and some kinds of hair hurt. You know what it is when you have to be hitting your hair all the time and other time you have hair all over your face. I just felt like trying something new. And the fact that I can wear my natural hair, style it the way I want and change the colour is also fun.
I’m now on my natural hair because I just felt I should try a new thing. When you’re young, you’re up and doing but later on sometimes you just want to relax. Sometimes, carrying braids and some kinds of hair hurt. You know what it is when you have to be hitting your hair all the time and other time you have hair all over your face. I just felt like trying something new. And the fact that I can wear my natural hair, style it the way I want and change the colour is also fun.
culled from Thisdaynews
Tonto Dike Thanks Her Bleaching Cream
Nollywood most controversial actress, Tonto Dikeh seems to love creating unnecessary attention for herself. Remember, a couple of days back, she displayed on her Twitter timeline that mosquitoes had a feed on her skin the last time she was in London. Well, Tonto, reacting to controversies her mosquito bites story generated, said her bleaching cream has done the magic, no single sight of their bite on her skin.
Read the tweet below: Tnx God 4 ma bleachin Creme (as she put it) no more trace of mosquito bitez (as she put it).
CULLED FROM nigeriafilms
Mercy Johnson Visits OJB Jezreel, Makes Donation
Nollywood star, Mercy Johnson has heeded to the clarion call to save music producer, OJB Jezreel, who is need of about N16million to urgently do a kidney transplant.
The sultry actress visited the Surulere, Lagos, home of OJB where she made an undisclosed amount of money in conjunction with her husband, Odi Okojie.
Mercy returned to Nigeria in April 2013 after her child delivery in the United States of America.
culled from NIGERIAFILMS
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